And yes its robert peston. Next. Prime minister a couple of quick is if youll indulge me they just put a question to the u. S. President trump and what President Trump said was he now thinks it highly likely that theyll be a no deal hes right isnt a. He said the you is a tough and rather of what he said confront terrified it before we before we go any further did exactly that we that what we did i dont sort of. It back him up come on back him up and you know he said something or ms wright said exactly ok its going to be impossible except to use. That the president said something about how long he was a tough negotiator and get it. President in flood just that he thought that you know the breaks if you agree with that sapporo. Gallery in Westminster Abbey its all parties to issue a declaration calling on you not to use the device of suspending parliament to force with no deal but it was to be give them that commitment that you want to spend part of that ok were going to achieve that tha
League. Tens of thousands of pro democracy demonstrators have taken to the streets in hong kong in defiance of a police ban. Petrol bombs were thrown at officers, who responded to the protesters by firing tear gas and water cannons. The event was called to mark five years since beijing ruled out fully democratic elections in the territory. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonnell gave this update from hong kong. I am beside a couple of officers here. You can see water cannon is being deployed. People here are ducking down beneath the parapet to also avoid tear gas which is being fired. You can see from above. To the right here, you can see the protesters coming in and they are moving forward towards the government headquarters, where they may be able to throw molotov cocktails at closer proximity to the police at times. There goes one now, catching fire on the barricades. This is the violent showdown people predicted when permission was denied to have this march today and also follows the a
anchor of a news program in 1976, and her journalism career spanned more than five decades. walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family. but there is also joy and celebrations around the world as countries are starting to ring in the new year. we re counting down until 2023. but it s worth noting, the biggest bash, new york city, always, of course. new york city, come on. it s happening in new york city. gloria is in new york city, is in times square, has been watching people walk in to get ready for tonight. 13 hours, 14 hours, 15 hours early. tell me everything you re seeing right now and why these people have this level of enthusiasm. there s nothing like new york city on new year s eve, and there s no place like times square. i know it sounds like a hard sell, but these folks were here, they re committed. look at them. they re sitting down, taking it easy. i even spotted a couple of people napping. they have several hours to go until the party star
eve. police arrest a man in the case of last month s grizzly myrtle is murders of idaho college students. the moscow, idaho, police chief says they are confident they have a killer in custody. we are putting this together. it doesn t stop just because we make an arrest. actually it begins an hour investigators will do hundreds more interviews to finish this picture. rich: barbara walters s many interviews with world leaders and celebrities made her a star. she s dead at 93. she is not only the most famous female journalist of all time, but one of the most famous journalists on the planet. if a manor, pushed all she did, that would be an incredible career and she did it with kind of a joy and kind of a verve. you know you re getting the real thing. molly: we begin with the death of benedict xvi, former head of the catholic church was 95 years old. he made history as the first pontiff in 600 years to resign. charles watson with a look at his impact on the church. us lea
china tries one of 2 canadians accused of stealing state secrets in a case seen as politically motivated retaliation. thank you for joining as a meeting between the united states and china aimed at reducing tensions has gotten underway with confrontational remarks what was supposed to be a short introduction at the side of the talks lasted for more than an hour china has warned the u.s. to stay out of its internal affairs while the americans told the chinese beijing is threatening the international order of diplomatic editor james frey s reports from anchorage alaska. this is a meeting that will shape future relations between the world s 2 biggest powers relations that are currently at a low point good afternoon. and welcome normally opening remarks at events like these a brief and polite but the u.s. side went on to list their specific concerns and since wrong hong kong taiwan cyber attacks on the united states economic coercion toward our allies the chinese response was lon